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When you’re trying to learn more about your job and industry, where do you go?
If you didn’t say Linkedin, then you’re missing out on some of the freshest, most innovative thoughts and perspectives from active UX professionals.
Leaders in UX, research, and design are using Linkedin to share their in-the-moment learnings on a daily basis. Anyone looking to learn, network, and follow industry trends should be following them.
In this article, we’ve compiled some of the top, active UX leaders on Linkedin today.
We chose these leaders based on crowd-sourced recommendations from UX research communities, as well as their regular, original posting activity (i.e. sharing their own thoughts instead of re-sharing others). Feel free to shoot me an email at lizzy@userinterviews.com if you think there's anyone missing from this list!
36 active UX leaders to follow on Linkedin in 2023
Follow these UX professionals to join some of the most important conversations happening in UXR today 👇
“Does anyone else get democratization scaries? Kind of like Sunday scaries or Sunday blues but about the loaded topic of democratization.
I've talked about how this topic needs to be redefined and reworked. Inherently, democratization doesn't have to be a bad thing, but I think we need to reshape it and create boundaries around it.” – Read the full post
“Do you know what it takes to be a leader? How to identify a leader? If you don't, you'll be doomed to the curse of misappropriation and its associated consequences. And up-and-coming UXers can't afford such.” – Read the full post
💬 Varun M., Senior UX Researcher @ SeatGeek, Co-Founder of Apple & Banana
Writes about:
UX and user research
A recent quote:
“Can a product be 100% usable?
I'm referring to somewhat complex products, not a website with one button that reads "click me." Is it possible to have a product that works across generations, cultures, contexts, and time.
💬 Gregg Bernstein, Director of User Research @ Hearst Magazines
Writes about:
UX and user research
Management and leadership
Careers
A recent post:
“I just created a new blog post: The coaching tree.
Managing a team is so much more than setting goals and managing tasks. It’s a commitment to a person and an investment in their growth. While a workplace might be the genesis of a relationship, that relationship should endure far beyond a role or organization.” – Read the full post
“When you start with a company as a UX/Product Designer or Researcher, you must assess the state of mind and perception of how the company views the value of UX.
From my experience, it usually falls into 1 of these 5 buckets…” – Read the full post
“Support a scholarship fund for women of color in tech.
She Designs Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that offers scholarships to underrepresented women of color and non-binary people pursuing careers in technology.” – Read the full post
💬 Indi Young, Independent Qualitative Data Scientist
Writes about:
UX design, research, and strategy
A recent post:
“Research is knowledge creation.
Before you just start a research study, there are a few questions to ask, of yourself, of your org, of your stakeholders, and of the context that you all exist within…” – Read the full post
“The mass tech layoffs are bad news for academics transitioning to UXR. So is it a fool's errand to try and do this now?
It's rough, but not all is lost. Depending on each person's circumstances, individual risk tolerance, and professional positioning, there are ways to stand out and ride it out.” – Read the full post
“My food for thought won't be as snappy (and even in my PR days, I can't say I was much of an expert on SEO)-- but here goes. Inclusion *is* more important than diversity to the success of your product, and your team.” – Read the full post
💬 Devin Harold, Director of Design Research @ Capital One
Writes about:
UX and user research
Health and wellness
Culture
A recent post:
“My team is, and always will be, my #1.
I see myself as an enabler who helps my team of rockstars remove blockers, leverage the right tools, access the necessary resources, and most importantly **make space** to get shit done and grow their craft.” – Read the full post
“One of the first things you think through when you start working on a research project is: who are the right participants? Asking people who don’t currently use your product how you can make a specific product feature more valuable or usable isn’t going to get you the deep insights you probably need.” – Read the full post
“Especially in our still somewhat two dimensional world, it is important that we maintain a work-life balance! If you are anything like me, it has taken time to figure out what this looks like. That is why I wanted to share some of my tricks that I have learned along the way!” – Read the full post
“When writing your resume and UX case studies, you're told to measure the impact of your work and quantify what you've done. Here's the thing, that does NOT have to be incredible results such as how you saved the company $1 million.
“How do we show the value of UX research? After all these years, Jared Spool’s User Exposure Hours are still one of the most impactful drivers to improve UX.
💬 Kelly Jura, VP of Brand & User Experience @ ScreenPal
Writes about:
UX and user research
Women in tech
Employee experience
A recent post:
“Layering the research from Gartner and PwC tells an interesting story. The "understanding" gap here can significantly impact brand loyalty and is an excellent example of why EX, CX, and UX are interconnected.” – Read the full post
“One of the hardest things as a UXR is translating generative insights to tangible product changes and tracing that impact back to your work.
My training in social justice-focused participatory action research (PAR) taught me to ground interventions in the research and move directly from insights to change for communities.” – Read the full post
💬 Jan Ahrend, UX Research Lead @ YouTube Channel Memberships
Writes about:
UX and user research
A recent post:
“What happened in UX Research this week? Layoffs. Many amazing researchers were laid off in this and the previous weeks. Experiencing the abruptness and the scale of impact here on LinkedIn is sad. But seeing the community come together to share these difficult times also makes me grateful and hopeful.” – Read the full post
“Some themes around design/management/leadership I’ve been reflecting on heading into 2023:
Managing people is a responsibility and privilege; leading with curiosity and humility is essential. Don't shy away from taking risks and having hard conversations…” – Read the full post
💬 Jane Davis, Principal Researcher @ Great Question
Writes about:
UX and user research
Content design
Growth and leadership
A recent post:
“I've watched a lot of amazing design researchers either burn out or leave the field because they reached a point where their work wasn't having an impact. And it sucks, every time. So I want to talk about it. Specifically, I want to talk about the part of it we, as researchers, have control over: how we think about socializing and sharing our research.” – Read the full post
Data has been extolled as the vanquisher of uncertainty, the harbinger of a robotic future, a necessity in everything from product management to engineering, sales to design.
Yet many of us who have tried to use data for better decision-making have experienced a different reality in our organizations--one where we are constantly confused by how metrics are defined, bicker over how to interpret analyses, and struggle to apply insights into action.” – Read the full post
“Existing research at the starting line. Product people often want fresh data on what they see as new questions, before they’ve considered how available insights could reframe and clarify their ideas.” – Read the full post
💬 Patrizia Bertini, Head of Experience Design Operations @ TrueLayer
Writes about:
Design and design ops
Leadership and management
A recent post:
“What is #designOps?
It is not just problem-solving, it is purpose and data driven problem-setting.
DesignOps' key role is to understand, measure, and assess inefficiencies and waste both generated and inflicted on the #design team that have a systemic impact on both the users and the business.” – Read the full post
💬 Tony Moura, Federal Garage Lead / Sr. UX Architect @ IBM
Writes about:
UI/UX
Design
Careers
A recent post:
“UX Designers,
OMG! There's more people with a ‘UX’ background telling you what you need to do. The 5 things you ‘need’ to do to become a better designer. The 32 things you ‘need’ to think about etc.
Pssst, want to know a secret?
Come here.. You don't ‘need’ to do any of those, really.” – Read the full post
💬 Erika Hall, Co-Founder/Director of Strategy @ Mule Design Studio
Writes about:
UX, design, research, and strategy
Ethics
A recent post:
“If you aren't asking the right questions, it doesn't matter what tools you're using to gather the data.” – Read the full post
“I've seen accessibility listed as a UX trends for the last 4 years, yet, most sites are not, most people don't care. It's about time we turn the trend into something else than inspirational articles, and start, doing the work? Yes, I'm a little bit tired of all talk zero action.” – Read the full post
“Research has always been an important activity, but it’s easy to do wrong and even easier to waste time doing it (both yours and customers). At its best, research helps reduce risk and increase confidence in the decisions that you’re making.” – Read the full post
💬 Mia Blume, Design Executive Coach & CEO @ Design Dept.
Writes about:
UX design
Design leadership and management
A recent post:
“Reminder: you don’t have to manage people to increase your impact in your organization.
Some ways individual contributors can have an outsized impact:
1. Connect your craft to business outcomes. Identify opportunities where design creates business value, map out the ROI of current priorities, and support others to do the same...." – Read the full post
More ways to connect and network
UX researchers are having fresh, groundbreaking conversations online every day.
Here are other ways to stay connected with the UX community:
Marketer, writer, poet. Lizzy likes hiking, people-watching, thrift shopping, learning and sharing ideas. Her happiest memory is sitting on the shore of Lake Champlain in the summer of 2020, eating a clementine.
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